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Monday, February 06, 2017

Richard Niles' Bandzilla To Release Two New Videos In Support of Critically Acclaimed New Album “BANDZILLA RISES!!!”

Composer Richard Niles has released the highly acclaimed
album “BANDZILLA RISES!!!” Jazz Weekly says “BANDZILLA is hip to the bone!”
while Music Street Journal says BANDZILLA “is killer jazz fusion that just
plain rocks!…incredibly strange but also very cool.” Cherry Pop calls it “one
of the most adventurous albums I have ever heard,” while Midwest Record says,
“thinking man’s pop that also provides heat for the feet… killer stuff throughout!”

In LIVE AS ONE,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNUrqGuPPU4&feature=youtu.be, released on
Martin Luther King’s birthday, Niles echoes his “dream” that all races and
religions can someday live in harmony. Sung by Kim Chandler and Niles, this
sentiment is expressed with furious funk and a blistering solo from Incognito’s
sax star Nigel Hitchcock. Featured in the video are Martin Luther King,
Muhammed Ali, Niles, Chandler and Bandzilla trumpeter and co-producer Johnny
Thirkell. Watch out for images of peace and love from Woodstock and from the
United Colors of Benetton!

Multi-Grammy winner Pat Metheny has called Richard Niles
“one of the best composer/arrangers around and a truly exciting musical force.”
For his jazz work with Metheny, Bob James, John Patitucci, Martin Taylor, Billy
Cobham, Jane Monheit and Bob Mintzer, and his work on over 40 pop hits, Sound
on Sound called Niles “the most versatile man in modern music.” Says Beatles
legend Paul McCartney, “Richard Niles is a great orchestrator and musician and
a pleasure to work with.”

The new album, “BANDZILLA RISES!!!” is an unparalleled
musical event - music that defies definition performed by artists beyond
category.